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Being Calm and Soothing
I love reading the comics every day, not only for the humor but also for a reminder of life lessons. Since I limit my immature, angry outbursts to inanimate objects (and somewhat related, customer service people), reading this was another reminder that I create as I...
Take a Slice of Perspective Pie
What if I throw a big party and no one comes? What if I start this business and I go broke? What if I go to the audition and they don’t want me? These are examples of what Clarity calls “future-tripping”, creating a worst-case scenario about the future rather than a...
Thought Remedy to Offset Political Darkness
Gary and I have been noticing how easy it is to get depressed, angry, and fearful for the safety of our country and our precious democracy. I know how important it is to stay above the line, hold my personal field, and keep myself resilient and positive regardless of...
Do You Need a Nostalgia Reset Button?
I tend to reflect on my past. As a regular reader of these posts can attest, I can spend time being critical of my past transgressions. However, I am also a very experienced nostalgia practitioner. As Cathy and I prepared for an upcoming vacation in San Diego, I...
One of those days
I’ve been having one of those days where anxiety seems to have more power than enthusiasm. It started before I woke up, and it’s been not easy to shift into enthusiasm. Fortunately, this doesn’t happen often, and I can usually focus on doing something that energizes...
Worst Case Scenario; Another Worry Wasted
A few years ago, I spent an entire day, 24 hours, worrying about something that wasn't real. I didn’t even try to shift my thinking to trusting in a different outcome, even though I recognized I didn’t have all the information. I just “knew” my fear of what was...
Lighten Up – It’s just pressure
I glanced at my to-do list this morning and realized that I was so far behind that for many of the items on the list, the ink was faded from age. Then I felt pressure—the pressure of not working hard enough, not being more disciplined, basically not being good enough....
Mind Tripping to Bleakness
As I was falling asleep last night, my mind decided that it was an opportune time to travel down memory lane — not to visit the many wonderful memories, but to remind me of my past mistakes — decade by decade, relationship by relationship, financial decision by...
I’m Late, I’m Late and it’s all your fault!
I don’t know if it’s maturity, training, or letting go, but I no longer get uptight waiting for my wife to get ready to leave the house. While calmly waiting for Cathy the other evening, I remembered this wasn’t always so. In the past, when other people delayed my...
Joy is the Present Moment with Nothing Added
Joy is the Present Moment with Nothing Added In the late 90s, I took an eight-week Mindfulness Meditation class. Before I could enroll, the instructor asked me why I wanted to do it. I said I wanted more joy in my life. His response was, “My 80-year-old Jewish Zen...
